Photo #: NH 97713
USS Independence (CVA-62)
Is welcomed to New York Harbor by a fire tug, 3 July 1964. The
carrier, whose rails are manned in this photo, was en route to
a 4th of July visit to the World's Fair.
Photographed by PH1 R.C. Lister.
Note that Independence has three types of attack aircraft
embarked: A-1, A-4 and A-6, as well as F-4 and F-8 fighters and
E-1 early warning planes.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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